Population 8,886,738 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 19% (male 852,520; female 808,600)
15-64 years: 64% (male 2,885,783; female 2,792,964)
65 years and over: 17% (male 653,631; female 893,240) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.26% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 11.7 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 10.78 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 1.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 79.19 years
male: 76.52 years
female: 82 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.76 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Swede(s)
adjective: Swedish

Ethnic groups white, Lapp (Sami), foreign-born or first-generation immigrants 12% (Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks)

Religions Evangelical Lutheran 94%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Pentecostal 1%, other 3.5% (1987)

Languages Swedish
note: small Lapp- and Finnish-speaking minorities

Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99% (1979 est.)
male: NA%
female: NA%

NOTE: The information regarding Sweden on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sweden People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sweden People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.